Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx supported each other throughout filming — when the actress marked her return to acting with her first movie in over a decade and the actor had a medical emergency during production in April 2023.

Nevertheless, this outcome could prove disappointing for fans of Diaz, who earned praise and major award nominations in the late '90s and early 2000s for her performances in Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky and Gangs of New York.

Cameron Diaz has acknowledged that it was "terrifying" when her co-star Jamie Foxx suffered a stroke while filming their new movie Back in Action. The Oscar-winning actor suffered a medical emergency while on location in Atlanta,